Tam O'Shanter by Robert Burns

[dynimitekid]

Really enjoyed this man, thanks!

[baljit4281]

Wow you actually changed the words to an absolutely classic piece of poetry. If you must recite do it correctly. Pffft

[ezteliita]

hey guys im a mexican girl hehe! And i heard this poem because of my friend edward leonard lochrie, he is from paisley and well i havent known a thing about him for a while, so if theres someone from paisley here please help me! Im begging you! Please contact me! Im about to send a letter from mex to scotland! So anybody helppp!!! :(

[Ramstamrab]

A braw recital. Guid tae hear it ither nor juist read bi masel.

Millie5426. You could try Newsnet Scotland for Articles in Scots and Scottish Gaelic.

Or BBC Alba for Gaelic TV which i Think you can find online.

[kgriffith42]

Ahh, maybe I'm just silly American girl but nothing is sexier than a Scottish accent. ;)

Anyway, that was my first time hearing this poem and it was awesome. Now I won't be able to accept any other spoken version of it.

[Brouhaha18]

loved it ^__^

[Pankoek1990]

fuckin sexy that scotsh accent ;)

[nacho1560]

Superb, son, well done, was in stitches listening to it. Sometimes reading a poem you miss the emphasis on certain words or that. Listening to you with a wee drink on me I could just imagine Rabbie, maybe with a wee drink on him, writing this. The funny bits I can just see a fellow drunk and empathise.

[TheBENGALHANNIBAL]

FORGET FAKE SHAKESPEARE. Robert Burns is the REAL DEAL.

[billyconnearly]

Well Done Mark -ye miss'd the fuck'n point aw the gither!!

[limerick1958]

really good rendition. Timing and presentation superb.

Robert Burns is the greatest treasure Scotland has..

His poetry can only be appreciated when recited by a Scotsman

Super job.

[14razer14]

i am scottish and love this

rabbie burns true scottish legend

[WinLose777]

This is awesome

brill delivery

lots of passion

[CreateTheDreams]

funny

[wormwoodacoustic]

Good job, but my father does it better. I'm an American and I grew up listening to this poem, so I know what I'm talking about. Good job, but my father's the best.

[Millie5426]

i closed my eyes and just listened. you took me to another place and time...THANKS FOR THE TRIP!!!!! I love all things scottish. maybe u could help me- i've been lookin for a site that i could HEAR "anything" in GAELIC with written english translation. really enjoyed the time travel. peace

[serenitysister75]

give ity up big man x

[BigRabbie100]

Thanks for this wonderful recital, it brings back some wonderful memories of my late Dad who loved to recite Robert Burns before and after a few wee drams, every Hogmanay and other times when I think of him I sit down with his book of Burn's poems and recite one or two of his poems no matter where I am in both Dad's and Robert Burn's memory, Big Rabbie, Australia.

[georgedornelas]

KRATOS!!!

[robotsoup]

nice work!

[mejhna]

bless you, my good man! I have enjoyed this immensely. love the poem, love the accent! In fact, I must say that for a foreigner this is much easier understood when presented orally. cheers!

[LordLoco87]

I love this. Love it! :D

[blumenthol]

well done - but I challenge you to put as much into a Psalm of your choosin - a different theme

[snappez]

alloways old haunted kirk - I fear it! ...gon yersel

[littlemisstypesalot]

It starts sounding like a foreign language for a while. I didn't even try to understand the poem, I'm just enjoying the sounds. =)

[TherealMrChristophel]

@littlemisstypesalot what happens is a drunk is trying to get home but he has to go past a abandonded church, when he gets there he see a party of witchs and wizards and the Devil ("Auld Nick"). He watches a young witch dancing in a short under dress ( a "cutty sark") and calls out praise for her. All the witchses andwizards see him and chase after him and the young witch grabs his horse's tail and tears it off as he crosses a stream, as witches can't cross running water.

[TimeTravellersGirl]

not bad. not bad at all!

Hello:)

[snappez]

its well done...but I'll do better...watch this space

[ScooterMcBean]

Well done. A whole lot easier than reading it myself!

[misscharlychops47]

lol great , this will help me with my burns progect

[JudinA]

I love listening to this poem, and you spoke it so well! :D

[EbunnyEthereal]

"go scotland woo" is rite.

so fuckin' sexy...

but to stay on topic, i'm gonna go w/ the other kid and say 5 of 5 open pussy's mortal foes.

[ludmic]

Thanks Mark, that really stirs the heart. Didn't know it was so moving. Recon I'll pop in to Burn's birthplace museum next time I'm up there.

[ThyUnknownV2]

go SCOTLAND WOOOOOO

[KrazySpydrLady]

Hey Mark...my sister and I would like a copy of you reading the patriot act! Maybe then it won't sound like a gross betratal of our rights as Americans.

[OneUndone]

That was all kinds of awesome. I could listen to you all day. I know I'll be back to hear this again and again. Thanks, Mark! :)

[sabertooth1980]

As a player in a werewolf the apocalypse game, this is SO going in my favorites to be shown to my Fianna friends.

[vaasnaad]

FAN SHITEN' TASTIC!

[indieabby88]

Way to represent, Mark! I love Tam O'Shanter.

[grimtok]

I want a book on CD read by you

[Amagansett1680]

Five open pussie's mortal foes.

Can you be the voice of my SatNav ?

[mark99k]

doesn't get much better than this....

[tore650]

LOVED IT!!!

[LinkinParkLivEshow]

that was AWESOME

[anthonychilds]

that was actually beautiful

[zhinch]

i cant understand you!!

[gortie]

Most terrifying is how this reminds me of my mother making me stand on a chair around age 3 and recite Poe to guests. Nothing like childhood memories to scare the bejeebus out of one.

5 hatchets

[car778]

I give it 5, that's 5 Brig O'doons!! You're the best Mark...

[melora72]

"From Ghosties and Ghoulies and Long-Leggedy Beasties and Things that Go Bump in the Night, Good Lord deliver Us"

[melora72]

Five cutty sarks. I love Burns.

[sverror]

I started getting distracted the first two minutes.. But somehow your legendary voice kept drawing me in. Well done!

[Banana666]

Rated 5 rhyme reciting skeletal Scotsmen

[Noyes654]

it was good but i couldn't make it all the way through

[blackcat2enterprises]

wicked!! You have a great voice. =)

- Heidi

[omegaweaponredux]

i personally like to caramell some apples to give to children. with superglue.

[Otokogoroshi]

Witches are sexy. Don't fear them! But welcome them into your bed.

[Valkes]

5 razor blades hidden in caramel apples for this one mark! That's 5 panicked trips to the emergency room.

[alan611]

I'd rate this 5 harrowing haggis, Mark.

And I find your versions much better than the two others you posted in the links.

Lang may yer lum reek.

[bastardsofnazareth]

I really like this poem, has anybody tried setting it to music?

[revengetwins]

There is a music version of it if that's what your asking type it in it must be on YouTube awesome poem i've heard the poem, seen a play of it and heard the music version of it XD from Scotland :D

[heftymadmonkey]

hun hun hun hun hun hun hun hun? :S

[losplatosdemaria]

This is one of my favorite poems of all time, and the delivery was so true to the original. I just weep at the beauty of it. Thank you, Mark Day, you definately deserved the 5 candy corns that I'm putting in your baggy!

[wblstudios]

Cool. Thanks.

[glasseay]

what the hell ya saying man ?!

LOL nice poem

but didnt get but half of it

cod you translate it to english ?

(just joking)

[simanachronymph]

There's an "English" translation in the sidebar....

[lodevijk]

ARGH!

Mark! Please, add the subtitles! I dun get half of what yer sayin.

[AshleyKScott]

I hate it when I get caught by warlocks in the muck. 5 stars.

[firelord789]

the way you say the poem just makes me.....hahahaha LAUGH! XD!~ anyways good job and just waiting for more vids from you

[majorgeek]

Mark always amuses me, so even though this was serious I couldn't help but chuckle a couple times. Maybe it was the accent and the old dialect of Burns poetry.

[sonderkommando2]

keep doin' what yer doin' we like it!

[LindB377]

You look like one of those bullies dressed up as skeletons in Karate Kid.

[eventide925]

Good Samhain to you Mr. Day.

[bw123]

Amazing! What a treat! Thanks!

[ObiJohn]

...well that wasn't very funny... well done though! I give it 10 out of 5 cheers!

[Recon3691]

Great video as always, Mark! 5 scottish rhymes out of 5!

[rextrek]

your video was good in Blk and white...

I originally tuned in - to get a fright....

your poem was long,your accent so thick....

I like your videos,and your accent schtick.

You're never boring...and right on point....its late friday night and time for a joint. Happy halloween!

[MarkDayComedy]

your comments are appreciated.

I ... uh.... cant think of anything that rhymes with appreciated at this point ... but, I'm glad it struck a chord....

[WalshieBruv]

Good on ya Mark, I used to be a Burns Champion when I was in primary.

Musta been my Ayrshire accent...

But what the hell does that count on a CV, lmao

"So Mr. Walsh anything else you'd like to say?"

"Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie,

O, what panic's in thy breastie!

Thou need na start awa sae hasty,

Wi' bickering brattle!"

"Ok... we'll get back to ye..."

[MarkDayComedy]

We did get dragged (yes, dragged) to Burns Cottage on a school trip when I was a boy.... I only really remember Tam OShanter from back then, but of course there's so much else.

[grahamkeithtodd]

utterly BRILLIANT Mark old son.. it's been years since i last heard this one! thank you for putting it up!

i give this 5 cutty sarks out of 5!

oh and HAPPY HALLOWEN!

[MarkDayComedy]

Cheers.... I enjoyed reading it through myself..... some unbelievable turns of phrase.

[TitusVarus]

An excellent video Mark. As a strange Scots-Irish-Welsh hybrid nutter, I do enjoy such things.

By the by, my old mother (a Glaswegian) rather enjoyed it too.

[MarkDayComedy]

Well, if it passes the Glaswegian mother test, it can't be all bad...... cheers

[dryiyc]

Poetry. One can truly express them selfs with this medium. Nicely done.

[RandomNPC15]

Great Mark, as always haha. Fairly hard for me to understand a lot of it though :( thank goodness for plain English translations, yours is too flavorful for me.

[ExterminatorElite]

I got about half of it, but man, that dialect makes it a whole other language.

[MarkDayComedy]

Oche aye, ken, etc. etc. etc.

[RoselTea]

5 Scottish poets!

[marniespeaks]

5 tips o' da tam 'hic! scuse please... just one more fer ya go eh, laddy? you don't believe in dem witches devils and demons now do ye?

[MarkDayComedy]

A ken it's awe blethir really....

[marniespeaks]

ahh, den drink up laddy, nutin' ta fear cept da wind - ach, she's blowin' hard now en whistllin thu da trees, shakin' what's dead from branches.

those tap taps from behind ye are nothin', but leaves dancein' agin your should.

No needin' to be fearful this dark night, no needin' to be running home like the cutty sark.

drink up, laddy!

[downhill240]

5 double shots for you!

[SakuraElyse]

This is possibly the most Scottish video I've seen all year.

I maybe only understood a good half of it, but even the parts i couldn't make any sense of sounded lovely.

[MarkDayComedy]

there's a link in the description to a plain english transcript of it..... should you desire more info....

[katchison]

Sorry Mark, I could not finish this one. =/

[MarkDayComedy]

that's fair enough..... i'd be amazed if a lot of people do.. but it was fun/exhausting to make....

[satanisteileen]

THIS WAS COOL ;)

[MarkDayComedy]

And not just because it had satan in it?

[satanisteileen]

lol naaaa i like most of your stuff ;) \m/

[matrixknight88]

this is amazing!

[MarkDayComedy]

Can i go on record now as saying there are other postings of this, recited from memory, not endless jump cuts..... and that's more amazing still.....

[matrixknight88]

yeah, and i know that, but I still must say, being an english literature specialist, the performativity of this is interesting

[JippersinCornwall]

I wonder how many people here actually know of who Robert Burns is. I'm Irish, but familiar with him.

Mark, fitting tribute to the great Robert Burns, and well..Happy Halloween

[MarkDayComedy]

Cheers to you too.

[TamaDuder]

old scot's dialect = win.

you guys know where it's at.

greetings from deutschlääänd.

[MarkDayComedy]

Say hello to my good german friend claudia

[shugr2th]

x.x Long poem, well read.

[zaiger16]

Good poetry voice

[chestateegold]

5 oddly decorated irish pub drunks. i made that up myself!

[SuperDuperManMark3]

i love having scott in my blood

[gabrielized]

5 cutty sarks your way.

[MarkDayComedy]

And in case anyone's wondering, a cutty sark is a "short skirt"

[grahamkeithtodd]

it's also the name of a nice scotch as well mark..(not one of the greats but ok)

[pigfaceddog]

It's things like this, (and guinness and Harps too) that makes me so proud to be a Celt

[RandomNameName]

I have absolutely no idea what you said..

And im Scottish! :D

[treetopteresa]

Thank you; that poem is definitly better told by a true Scotsman. I favorited this video.

[karlamadeusmozart]

Wonderful video

[Z3on9]

power to the scots <3

[BenedictWolfe]

FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOM!!!

[geffel]

My thoughts exactly.

[SilkSwe]

A bit to hard for my non-native-speaking ears, but great nonetheless.

[eeleimmij]

"boozin the nappy."...................lol

[RealArcalian]

This video is supplied for paranormal poetry purposes only.

[MarkDayComedy]

Nice! It's too late for me to go back and put that in, or i would....

[IRISHstudios]

nice rhymes man lolz

[K1llaK0ala]

5 frightening freaks frolicking fearlessly on my front lawn. or 5*

[Blargaldalien]

Begorrah!

[Sycth50]

darn i wanted to

[RimmyTheRetard]

first rate and comment!

[RimmyTheRetard]

good video